Anna LAMB

NOEL, ANNA (LAMB), an eighty year resident of West Warwick, RI, died peacefully after a long debilitating illness on Wednesday, July 20th in Portland, Oregon. She had been living in the Pacific Northwest for the past five years with Mt. Hood on the horizon and just a few blocks from her niece. One of three children born to James Henry Lamb and Mary Agnes Lamb of West Warwick, Anna married George Noel in 1960 and together they enjoyed life to the fullest, having a great deal of fun together well into their retirement years. Anna was the Office Manager for Suburban Propane in Coventry for 42 years while George worked for Sears, and Anna still found time to help raise her stepchildren, nieces and nephews and also raise some cain with The Friendly Sons of St. Patrick along the way! Anna retired in 1985. She so enjoyed her family and many friends; days at the beach, summers on the Cape, picnics, backyard barbecues, clam bakes, trips to Florida, San Francisco, Hawaii, and many other points west, and caring for her mom later in life. She will be achingly missed and fondly remembered for her loving, kind, generous and beautiful spirit. Her beauty inside and out shone through with that warm, welcoming smile.Anna was preceded in death by her husband, George; her brother, James Edward Lamb and her stepdaughter, Judy Collins. She is survived by her brother, Jack Lamb; stepchildren, George Noel, Jr., William Noel, Caril Newell, Nancy Stanlewicz, and daughter-in-law, Diane Noel; nieces and nephews, Greg Lamb, Karen Lamb Barton, Claudia Lamb, Brian Lamb, Tim Lamb, Frank Lamb, John Lamb, and Debbie Gamelin, ten grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.Her funeral will be held Thursday at 9 a.m. from the HENAULT-GALLOGLY Funeral Home, 5 Eddy Street, West Warwick followed by a Mass of Christian Burial in St. Joseph Church, Providence St., West Warwick at 10 a.m. Burial will be in SS. Peter & Paul Cemetery, Coventry. VISITING HOURS: Wednesday 5-8 p.m. In lieu of flowers, contributions to Hospice Care of the Northwest, 12590 SE Stark St., #125-N, Portland, Oregon 97233 in her memory would be appreciated.Published in The Providence Journal on 7/25/2005.